Khatuna Lorig, Archer, On Being An Olympic Mom [VIDEO]

Olympic Moms: Khatuna Lorig, Archer

By Danielle Elliot

In a career spanning more than 20 years, Khatuna Lorig has competed in five Olympics, representing three countries. Her son, Levon, 19, could almost call himself an Olympian -- Lorig was pregnant when she took home the bronze with the Soviet Union in 1992. She competed with the Georgian team in 1996 and 2000. Lorig returned to Olympic action in 2008 as a naturalized U.S. citizen. She says her son is the greatest thing that ever happened to her; carrying the U.S. flag at the 2008 Opening Ceremony comes in a close second.

To see a complete photo essay featuring moms in the Summer Olympics, download our new weekly iPad magazine, Huffington, in the iTunes App store. This story appears in Issue 7, available Friday, July 27.

khatuna lorig

khatuna lorig and son

Popular in the Community

Close

HuffPost Shopping’s Best Finds

MORE IN LIFE